East and West mail offices announce daily hours
The east mail room closes at 4 a.m. daily and the west closes at 7 p.m. Mail service opens from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. An open bandage from 8 a.m. is also noted in the crumbling text.
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
8
Local Events and Social Updates in Alpine and Surrounding Areas
JT Madenfort visited El Vas e Sunday and Weyerts has been ill ten days. Mrs A J Monagin visits Alpine friends as DJ visits Hot Springs Mexico. Mrs Steve Dawson returned from near Marathon. Miss Myrtle Ware and Miss Nellie Eberling have health updates. Re Patents: W D Kincaid Co offers dress goods discounts. Mrs Nation returns from Del Rio Langtrey. Plain sewing offered by request at Nations residence. Judge Van Sickle returns from San Antonio with sister Leah Vansickle. Ruby Jordan returns from Vaersall via cold water melons. Alpine Ice Works offers cantaloupes at low price. Rev W Shows officiates Garnett J W Griffith funeral. Dr Reeve offers eye tests and glasses. Children of Mrs Sanders Ysleta visit Camille Boyce. Tom Burnham visits Alpine seeking school‑leave arrangements. W P Matthews of Marathon held on saloon charge. bond posted. Thomas School for Girls ad noted. Mr and Mrs Jim P Wilson bring Irving Gourley after horse accident. arm sprain treated. Ice treats at Alpine Ice Works. George Blackburn away in Marfa for rest and barber duties. Frank Woodward in charge of Alpine barber shop.
Death of a Pioneer Mr te W Garnett Passes in Texas
Mr te W Garnett longtime Victoria county recorder and pioneer of Texas died July 17 at Garnett hotel after a brief illness. Born May 22 1812 in Wheeling West Virginia he served as Victoria county recorder before and after Texas independence. He kept a family diary begun by his father detailing much of the nineteenth century. He is survived by two sons in Alpine and four daughters in the southern state. his wife had died years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te W Garnett
Garnett
Wheeling
West Virginia
Texas
Victoria County
Mexico
Alpine
Methodist Preachers Plans and Local Proctor Changes
Rev E F P Goodson will preach Wednesday night July 24 at the Methodist church. Rev Arthur Marston will not fill Alpine next Sunday due to Marfa protracted meeting likely ending Monday. Paisano camp grounds begin August 2. Camp members seek cook to join a mess and cut costs. Dry weather worries stockmen as east of Vecos City sees rain but much of the region remains hot and dry. Winder may move cattle if rain does not come soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E FP Goodson
Methodist Church
Arthur Marston
Alpine
Marfa
Paisano Camp Grounds
Here
Vecos City
Rewster
Winder
Land in Brewster and Vecos counties offered for sale
Saue offers 50 000 acres of good grass land in Brewster and Vecos counties with a cheap Visa agent for the A B Frank watered lands. Call on or address LW Darrell, Surveyor Alpine Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster
Vecos
A B Frank
LW Darrell
Alpine
Texas
Home Gold Cure promises cure for liquor habit at home
An advertisement touts the Home Gold Cure as a safe pleasant treatment to stop drinking without public exposure or weakening the self. It claims thousands cured, offers at one dollar with full directions, physicians’ advice, and confidential correspondence from Philadelphia firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warr
Dent -Epwin
Gites & Co
Market Street
Philadelphia
Cuance of a Lifetime Tooth Replacement Offer
An advertisement claims a lifetime tooth replacement after extraction without a plate. It proposes reusing existing jaws for a restoration as good as natural teeth, with a test period before payment and no food no pay policy. Price is 35 per tooth using 22 carat gold, offered at Alpine hotel by Dr. G tr Martin.
Property listings in Marathon Texas show multiple small houses
Three room house with kitchen and dining room under good fence. Eight room house with kitchen and dining room under good fence. Two room house under good fence. All listed under Geo W Tindall in Marathon Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Tindall
Marathon
Texas
Thomas School for Girls in San Antonio Admits Broad Arts Program
The Thomas School for Girls in West End San Antonio offers Pall course with Literary Music Art Elocution Book-keeping typewriting plus language studies German Spanish French. Teachers hold college degrees and specialize in piano voice violin and elocution. The matron has fourteen years’ experience. Not a church school but strongly Christian in influence. Send for catalogue to Box 577 AA Thomas President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Munich
Berlin
Leipsic Conservatory
School of Oratory
New England Conservatory
Seipt
A A. Thomas
Grandma's Diarhoea Cure Endorsed for Quick Relief
Advertiser promotes Grandma's Diarhoea Cure claiming it possesses curative qualities and earns strong endorsements. It promises immediate relief from stomach troubles and leaves the system in a healthful condition.
August Flower Sale Tops In Medicine Across World
An advertisement extols August Flower as the era’s largest selling medicine in the civilized world. It claims it treats indigestion, biliousness, and various ailments by cleaning the system and stimulating liver and nervous function. Green's August Flower is offered in liquid form with a prize almanac at Sharp Bros. in Alpine, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Sharp Bros
Alpine
Texas
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Trockenbrow
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A J Monagin
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Steve Dawson
Myrtle Ware
Nellie Eberling
W D
Kincaid Co
Mra Nation
del Rio
Langtrey
Nations
Mra BD
Anderson
Judge van Sickle
Miss Leah Vansickle
Ruby Jordan
Vaersall
Alpine Ice Works
W Shows
Ft Davis Greater Lay
Mr Garnett
J W Griffith
Reeve
Sanders
Ysleta
Camille Boyce
Henderson's
Tom Burnham
W P Matthews
Walton
Ady
The
Thomas School For Girls
Jim P Wilson
Irving Gourley
Drs. Reeve
Daniel
George Blackburn
Frank Woodward
Saue
Mee
Alpine Hotel
Dr. G. Tr, Martin
Reno
W.S. Blevins
Monogram
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J.B, Gillett, Agt
Statford Press
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R. T. Frazier
Fenny Gramanrera
Www
DD Kincaid Co
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